Dell Compellent Series 30 - Manual (Page 395)

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Creating Custom Storage Profiles
Applying Profiles to Existing Volumes
To select a Storage Profile when creating a volume or apply a Storage Profile to one or more
existing volumes, the Allow Storage Profile selection must be enabled in your user
volume defaults. Refer to
User Volume Defaults - Advanced on page 274 .
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To apply a storage profile to existing volumes
1 Select a Storage Profile.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Apply to Volume(s). A list of existing volumes appears.
3 Select one or more volumes.
4 Click Continue. The System Manager asks you to confirm.
5 Click Apply Now. The Storage Profile you select is applied to the volumes you selected.
Data will be migrated during the next scheduled Data Progression run.
6 Click OK.
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To apply a storage profile to an individual volume:
1 Select a volume, and select Properties. The Volume Properties window appears.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 Select the Storage Profile for the volume, and click OK.
Viewing Volumes Configured with a Storage Profile
1 From the list of Storage Profiles, select a profile. (Remember, the list of Storage
Profiles does not appear unless your User Volume Profile allow you to select a Storage
Profile. Refer to
Changing User Volume Defaults on page 383 .) The General Storage
Profile window appears.
2 Click on the Volumes tab. A list of volumes using this profile appears. The System
Manager displays:
• Volume name
• Volume Type
• Storage Type
• Disk Folder (in which the volume resides)
• Consumed Disk Space
• Logical Volume Size